Judges 6:17

6:17 Gideon ¹  said to him, “If you really are pleased with me, ²  then give me ³  a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.

Judges 8:24

8:24 Gideon continued, ⁴  “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.” ⁵  (The Midianites ⁶  had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

Judges 11:12

Jephthah Gives a History Lesson

11:12 Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king, saying, “Why have ⁷  you come against me to attack my land?”

Judges 14:2

14:2 When he got home, ⁸  he told his father and mother, “A Philistine girl in Timnah has caught my eye. ⁹  Now get her for my wife.”

Judges 15:12

15:12 They said to him, “We have come down to take you prisoner so we can hand you over to the Philistines.” Samson said to them, “Promise me ¹⁰  you will not kill ¹¹  me.”

Judges 16:6

16:6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me what makes you so strong and how you can be subdued and humiliated.” ¹² 

Judges 16:10

16:10 Delilah said to Samson, “Look, you deceived ¹³  me and told me lies! Now tell me how you can be subdued.”

Judges 18:24

18:24 He said, “You stole my gods that I made, as well as this priest, and then went away. What do I have left? How can you have the audacity to say to me, ‘What do you want?’” ¹⁴ 

[6:17]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:17]  ² tn Heb “If I have found favor in your eyes.”

[6:17]  ³ tn Heb “perform for me.”

[8:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “said to them.”

[8:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “Give to me, each one, an earring from his plunder.”

[8:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Midianites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “What to me and to you that…?”

[14:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and he went up.”

[14:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “I have seen a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.”

[15:12]  ¹³ tn Or “swear to me.”

[15:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “meet [with hostility]”; “harm.” In light of v. 13, “kill” is an appropriate translation.

[16:6]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “how you can be subdued in order to be humiliated.”

[16:10]  ¹⁹ tn See Gen 31:7; Exod 8:29 [8:25 HT]; Job 13:9; Isa 44:20; Jer 9:4 for other uses of this Hebrew word (II תָּלַל, talal), which also occurs in v. 13.

[18:24]  ²² tn Heb “What is this you say to me, ‘What to you?’”